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EX-32.1 - EXHIBIT 32.1 - INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L P IIv413927_ex32-1.htm

 

 

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

 

FORM 10-K

 

 

 

(Mark One)

 

þANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

For the fiscal year ended March 31, 2015

 

OR

 

¨TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

 

Commission File Number 0-13782

 

INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

Delaware   13-3646846
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)   (I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
1225 17th Street, Denver, Colorado   80202
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (303) 927-5000

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

None

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

 

Title of Class

Limited Partnership Interests and Beneficial Assignment Certificates

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. Yes ¨ No þ

 

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. Yes ¨ No þ

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes þ No ¨

 

Indicate by checkmark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§229.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes þ No ¨

 

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. þ

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See definitions of “large accelerated filer”, “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer  ¨   Accelerated filer  ¨
Non-accelerated filer  ¨  (Do not check if a smaller reporting company)   Smaller reporting company  þ

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Act). Yes ¨ No þ

 

The approximate aggregate book value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates of the Registrant as of September 30, 2014 was ($17,060,000) based on Limited Partner equity (deficit) as of such date.

 

Registrant’s voting and non-voting common equity is not publicly traded.

 

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

None

 

 

 

 
 

 

PART I

 

Item 1. Business.

 

General

 

Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II (the “Partnership”) is a limited partnership which was formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on February 11, 1992. The general partner of the Partnership is Related Independence Associates L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “General Partner”). The general partner of the General Partner is Independence Associates GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company. Centerline Holding Company (“Centerline”) was the ultimate parent of Centerline Affordable Housing Advisors LLC (“CAHA”), the sole member of the Manager of the General Partner. On June 12, 2013, Centerline and an affiliate of Hunt Companies, Inc. (“Hunt”) entered into an agreement and plan of merger. On November 14, 2013, the shareholders of Centerline approved the acquisition of Centerline by an affiliate of Hunt. On April 15, 2015, Alden Torch Financial, LLC, a newly formed Delaware limited liability company (“ATF”), became the indirect owner of 100% of the equity interest in Centerline. Since April 15, 2015, ATF has been the ultimate parent and indirect owner of 100% of the equity interests in CAHA. Prior to April 15, 2015, Hunt had been the ultimate majority equity owner of CAHA.

 

On January 19, 1993, the Partnership commenced a public offering (the “Offering”) of Beneficial Assignment Certificates (“BACs”) representing assignments of limited partnership interests in the Partnership (“Limited Partnership Interests”). The Partnership received $58,928,000 of gross proceeds from the Offering (the “Gross Proceeds”) from 3,475 investors (“BACs holders”). The Offering was terminated on April 7, 1994.

 

The Partnership’s business is primarily to invest as a limited partner in other partnerships (“Local Partnerships”, “subsidiaries” or “subsidiary partnership”) owning apartment complexes (“Apartment Complexes” or “Properties”) that are eligible for the low-income housing tax credit (“Tax Credit”) enacted in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, some of which may have also been eligible for the historic rehabilitation tax credit (“Historic Tax Credit”). As of March 31, 2015, the Partnership has ownership interests in one remaining investment. As of March 31, 2015, the Partnership has sold its limited partnership interests in thirteen Local Partnerships and one Local Partnership sold its property and the related assets and liabilities. As of March 31, 2015, approximately $47,000,000 (not including acquisition fees of approximately $3,502,000) of the net proceeds of the Offering had been invested in the fifteen Local Partnerships originally acquired by the Partnership, all of which has been paid to the Local Partnerships. See Item 2. Properties below.

 

Investment Objectives/Government Incentives

 

The Partnership was formed to invest in Apartment Complexes that are eligible for the Tax Credit enacted in the Tax Reform Act of 1986. Some Apartment Complexes may have also been eligible for Historic Tax Credits. The investment objectives of the Partnership are described below:

 

1.Entitle qualified BACs holders to Tax Credits over the period of the Partnership’s entitlement to claim Tax Credits (for each Property, generally ten years from the date of investment or, if later, the date the Property is leased to qualified tenants; referred to herein as the “Credit Period”) with respect to each Apartment Complex.

 

2.Preserve and protect the Partnership’s capital.

 

3.Participate in any capital appreciation in the value of the Properties and provide distributions of sale or refinancing proceeds upon the disposition of the Properties.

 

4.Allocate passive losses to individual BACs holders to offset passive income that they may realize from rental real estate investments and other passive activities, and allocate passive losses to corporate BACs holders to offset business income.

 

One of the Partnership’s objectives is to entitle qualified BACs holders to Tax Credits over the Credit Period. Each of the Local Partnerships in which the Partnership acquired an interest were allocated by the relevant state credit agencies the authority to recognize Tax Credits during the Credit Period provided that the Local Partnership satisfied the rent restriction, minimum set-aside and other requirements for recognition of the Tax Credits at all times during such period. Once a Local Partnership became eligible to recognize Tax Credits, it could lose such eligibility and suffer an event of “recapture” if its Property failed to remain in compliance with the Tax Credit requirements during the 15-year period commencing at the beginning of the Credit Period (“Compliance Period”). All the Local Partnerships have completed their Credit Periods and Compliance Periods, without any recapture other than Mansion Court Associates, which at December 31, 2008, was required to recapture $190,635 of low-income housing tax credits.

 

A loss on impairment of assets is recorded when management estimates amounts recoverable through future operations and sale of the Property on an undiscounted basis are below depreciated cost. At that time the Property investments themselves are reduced to estimated fair value (using the fair market value based on comparative sales). During the year ended March 31, 2015, the Partnership did not record any aggregate loss on impairment of assets. Through March 31, 2015, the Partnership has recorded approximately $31,906,000 as an aggregate loss on impairment of assets.

 

The Credit Period, in and of itself, has not been the only factor in determining whether there is an impairment and generally does not have any adverse impact on the fair value of the Local Partnerships.

 

There can be no assurance that the Partnership will achieve its investment objectives as described above, and it is unlikely that the Partnership will meet objective 3, also as noted above.

 

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The Partnership is subject to the risks incidental to potential losses arising from the management and ownership of improved real estate. The Partnership can also be affected by poor economic conditions generally. There are also substantial risks associated with owning interests in properties, as does the Partnership, which receive government assistance, for example the possibility that Congress may not appropriate funds to enable the Department of Housing and Urban Development (“HUD”) to make rental assistance payments. HUD also restricts annual cash distributions to partners based on operating results and a percentage of the owner’s equity contribution. The Partnership cannot sell or substantially liquidate its remaining investment during the period that the subsidy agreement is in existence without HUD’s approval. Furthermore, there may not be market demand for apartments at full market rents when the rental assistance contract expires.

 

Sale of Underlying Local Partnerships

 

The Partnership is in the process of disposing of all of its investments. As of March 31, 2015, the Partnership has sold its limited partnership interests in thirteen Local Partnerships, and one Local Partnership sold its property and the related assets and liabilities. There can be no assurance as to when the Partnership will dispose of its last remaining investment or the amount of proceeds which may be received. However, based on the historical operating results of the remaining Local Partnership and the current economic conditions, the proceeds from such sales received by the Partnership will not be sufficient to return to the limited partners their original investments. All gains and losses on sales are included in discontinued operations.

 

Segments

 

The Partnership operates in one segment, which is the investment in multi-family residential property. Financial information about this segment is set forth in Item 8 hereto.

 

Competition

 

The real estate business is highly competitive and the Partnership’s remaining Property continues to have active competition from similar properties in its vicinity. Various other limited partnerships have, in the past, and may, in the future, be formed by the General Partner and/or its affiliates to engage in businesses which may be competitive with the Partnership.

 

Employees

 

The Partnership does not have any direct employees. All services are performed for the Partnership by the General Partner and its affiliates. The General Partner receives compensation in connection with such activities as set forth in Items 11 and 13. In addition, the Partnership reimburses the General Partner and certain of its affiliates for expenses incurred in connection with the performance by their employees of services for the Partnership in accordance with the Partnership’s Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Partnership Agreement”).

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments.

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 2. Properties.

 

The Partnership is subject to the risks incidental to potential losses arising from the management and ownership of improved real estate. The Partnership can also be affected by poor economic conditions. The Partnership had originally acquired interests in fifteen Local Partnerships, all of which have been, or were, consolidated for accounting purposes. As of March 31, 2015, the Partnership has sold its limited partnership interests in thirteen Local Partnerships and one Local Partnership sold its property and the related assets and liabilities. There can be no assurance as to when the Partnership will dispose of its last remaining investment or the amount of proceeds which may be received. The Partnership’s investment in the last remaining Local Partnership represents 98.99% of the partnership interest in such Local Partnership. Set forth below is a schedule of the Local Partnerships including certain information concerning their respective Apartment Complexes (the “Local Partnership Schedule”). Further information concerning these Local Partnerships and their Properties, including any encumbrances affecting the Properties, may be found in Schedule III to the financial statements which are included herein.

 

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Local Partnership Schedule

 

Name and Location     % of Units Occupied at May 1, 
(Number of Units)  Date Acquired  2015   2014   2013   2012   2011 
                        
Lincoln Renaissance                            
Reading, PA (52)  April 1993   (c)   (c)   (c)   (c)   90%
                             
United Germano-Millgate Limited Partnership                            
Chicago, IL (350)  October 1993   (d)   (d)   (d)   95%   94%
                             
Mansion Court Associates                            
Philadelphia, PA (30)  November 1993   (c)   (c)   (c)   (c)   20%
                             
Derby Run Associates, L.P.                            
Hampton, VA (160)  February 1994   (b)   (b)   (b)   (b)   (b)
                             
Renaissance Plaza ‘93 Associates, L.P.                            
Baltimore, MD (95)  February 1994   99%   93%   96%   91%   90%
                             
Tasker Village Associates                            
Philadelphia, PA (28)  May 1994   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)
                             
Martha Bryant Manor, L.P.                            
Los Angeles, CA (77)  September 1994   (b)   (b)   (b)   (b)   (b)
                             
Colden Oaks Limited Partnership                            
Los Angeles, CA (38)  September 1994   (b)   (b)   (b)   (b)   (b)
                             
Brynview Terrace, L.P.                            
Los Angeles, CA (8)  September 1994   (b)   (b)   (b)   (b)   (b)
                             
NLEDC, L.P.                            
Los Angeles, CA (43)  September 1994   (c)   (c)   (c)   (c)   98%
                             
Creative Choice Homes VI, Ltd.                            
Miami, FL (102)  September 1994   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)   (a)
                             
P&P Homes for the Elderly, L.P.                            
Los Angeles, CA (107)  September 1994   (b)   (b)   (b)   (b)   (b)
                             
Clear Horizons Limited Partnership                            
Shreveport, LA (84)  December 1994   (e)   (e)   (e)   99%   96%
                             
Neptune Venture, L.P.                            
Neptune Township, NJ (99)  April 1995   (c)   (c)   (c)   (c)   99%
                             
Affordable Greene Associates L.P.                            
New York, NY (41)  April 1995   (d)   (d)   (d)   100%   100%

 

(a)The Partnership’s limited partnership interest was sold during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2010 (see Note 10 in Item 8).
(b)The Partnership’s limited partnership interest was sold during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2011 (see Note 10 in Item 8).
(c)The Partnership’s limited partnership interest was sold during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012 (see Note 10 in Item 8).
(d)The Partnership’s limited partnership interest was sold during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 (see Note 10 in Item 8).
(e)The property and the related assets and liabilities were sold during the fiscal year ended March 31, 2013 (see Note 10 in Item 8).

 

All leases are generally for periods not exceeding one to two years and no tenant occupies more than 10% of the total rentable square footage in any single Apartment Complex.

 

Rents from commercial tenants (to which average rental per square foot applies) comprise less than 5% of the rental revenues of the Partnership. Maximum allowable rents for the residential units are determined annually by HUD.

 

Management continuously reviews the physical state of the remaining Property and suggests to the general partner of the Local Partnership (“Local General Partner”) budget improvements which are generally funded from cash flow from operations or release of replacement reserve escrows.

 

Management continuously reviews the insurance coverage of the remaining Property and believes such coverage is adequate.

 

See Item 1, Business, above for the general competitive conditions to which the Property is subject.

 

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Real estate taxes are calculated using rates and assessed valuations determined by the township or city in which the Property is located. Such taxes have historically approximated 1% of the aggregate cost of the Properties as shown in Schedule III to the financial statements included herein.

 

Item 3. Legal Proceedings.

 

None.

 

Item 4. Mine Safety Disclosures.

 

Not applicable.

 

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PART II

 

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities.

 

As of March 31, 2015, the Partnership had issued and outstanding 58,928 Limited Partnership Interests, each representing a $1,000 capital contribution to the Partnership, or an aggregate capital contribution of $58,928,000 before volume discounts of $2,000. All of the issued and outstanding Limited Partnership Interests have been issued to Independence Assignor Inc. (the “Assignor Limited Partner”), which has in turn issued 58,928 BACs to the purchasers thereof for an aggregate purchase price of $58,928,000 reduced by volume discounts of $2,000. Each BAC represents all of the economic and virtually all of the ownership rights attributable to a Limited Partnership Interest held by the Assignor Limited Partner. BACs may be converted into Limited Partnership Interests at no cost to the holder (other than the payment of transfer costs not to exceed $100), but Limited Partnership Interests so acquired are not thereafter convertible into BACs.

 

Neither the BACs nor the Limited Partnership Interests are traded on any established trading market. The Partnership does not intend to include the BACs for quotation on NASDAQ or for listing on any national or regional stock exchange or any other established securities market. The Revenue Act of 1987 contained provisions which have an adverse impact on investors in “publicly traded partnerships.” Accordingly, the General Partner has imposed limited restrictions on the transferability of the BACs and the Limited Partnership Interests in secondary market transactions. Implementation of the restrictions should prevent a public trading market from developing and may adversely affect the ability of an investor to liquidate his or her investment quickly. It is expected that these procedures will remain in effect until such time, if ever, as further revision of the Revenue Act of 1987 may permit the Partnership to lessen the scope of the restrictions.

 

As of May 19, 2015, the Partnership has approximately 3,430 registered holders of an aggregate of 58,928 BACs.

 

All of the Partnership’s general partnership interests, representing an aggregate capital contribution of $1,000, are held by the General Partner.

 

There are no material legal restrictions in the Partnership Agreement on the ability of the Partnership to make distributions. However, the Partnership has made no distributions to the BACs holders as of March 31, 2015. The Partnership does not anticipate providing cash distributions to its BACs holders other than from net refinancing or sales proceeds.

 

Transfer Procedures

 

The Partnership from time to time receives requests by unit holders and others to transfer BACs and/or limited partnership interests. Such requests may occur in connection with tender offers for the Partnership’s units. Such requests implicate the Partnership’s policies and procedures concerning transfers generally and tender offers in particular, which were adopted by the Partnership pursuant to the terms of its Partnership Agreement, to ensure compliance with applicable law, avoid adverse tax consequences for the Partnership and its investors, and preserve the Partnership’s advantageous tax status.

 

The Partnership relies on a 2% safe harbor established by an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regulation to avoid being characterized as a “publicly-traded partnership” that is taxed as a corporation.

 

A brief summary of certain of the Partnership’s key policies, practices and requirements with respect to transfers and tender offers is as follows:

 

·No transfer (whether for substitution, assignment or otherwise) is effective or binding on the Partnership unless and until it is approved by the General Partner.

 

·No transfer will be approved unless the transferor and transferee submit complete and properly executed forms of the Partnership’s own transfer documentation. The Partnership does not accept forms of transfer documentation other than its own and does not accept signatures made by power of attorney in lieu of original signatures by each of the transferors and transferees.

 

·The Partnership will not approve transfers that in the cumulative aggregate for any tax year exceed the IRS 2% safe harbor, unless a financially responsible person provides the Partnership and its partners with (i) an indemnity (in form and substance in all ways acceptable to the General Partner) for all liability (including, without limitation, any adverse tax consequences) arising from or relating to exceeding the 2% safe harbor and (ii) a legal opinion (in form and substance in all ways acceptable to the General Partner) that there will be no adverse tax consequences to the Partnership and its partners from exceeding the 2% safe harbor.

 

·In order to avoid the undesirable situation of one or more tender offers consuming the entire safe harbor limitation early in the tax year and leaving the Partnership’s remaining investors with no liquidity opportunity for the rest of that tax year, the Partnership restricts the cumulative aggregate total of transfers made pursuant to all tender offers to 1.5% of its outstanding units in each tax year, unless a financially responsible person conducting such tender offer provides the Partnership with an acceptable indemnity and legal opinion of the type described above. At the end of each tax year, the General Partner, in its discretion, may allow the cumulative total number of transfers (including those by tender offer) to reach the 2% safe harbor limit.

 

·The Partnership requires that all tender offers for its units be conducted in accordance with all applicable law including, without limitation, the federal securities laws.

 

The foregoing is solely a summary of the Partnership’s policies, requirements and practices with respect to transfers and tender offers. More complete information, including a copy of the Partnership’s transfer documentation package, may be obtained from the Partnership.

 

Item 6. Selected Financial Data.

 

Not applicable.

 

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Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

The Partnership had originally invested approximately $47,000,000 (not including acquisition fees of approximately $3,502,000) of the net proceeds of its Offering in fifteen Local Partnerships, all of which has been paid. The Partnership does not intend to acquire additional Properties. During the year ended March 31, 2015, the Partnership did not make any advances to the remaining Local Partnership.

 

As of March 31, 2015, the Partnership has sold its limited partnership interests in thirteen Local Partnerships, and one Local Partnership sold its property and the related assets and liabilities. There can be no assurance as to when the Partnership will dispose of its last remaining investment or the amount of proceeds which may be received. However, based on the historical operating results of the remaining Local Partnership and the current economic conditions, the proceeds from such sale received by the Partnership will not be sufficient to return to the limited partners their original investments.

 

Short-term

 

During the year ended March 31, 2015, the Partnership’s primary sources of funds included: (i) working capital reserves; (ii) interest earned on the working capital reserves and (iii) cash distributions from operations of its remaining Local Partnership. Such funds are available to meet the obligations of the Partnership. The Partnership does not anticipate providing cash distributions to BACs holders in circumstances other than refinancing or sales. Cash distributions received from its remaining Local Partnership, as well as the working capital reserves referred to above, will be used towards the future operating expenses of the Partnership. During the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, no amounts were received from operations of the remaining Local Partnership. The Partnership will not be able to make distributions sufficient to return to BACs holders their original capital contributions.

 

For the year ended March 31, 2015, cash and cash equivalents of the Partnership and its consolidated Local Partnerships decreased approximately ($112,000). This decrease was due to net cash used in operating activities ($58,000), principal payments of mortgage notes ($17,000), an increase in cash held in escrow relating to investing activities ($19,000), and a decrease in capitalization of consolidated subsidiaries attributable to minority interest ($18,000). No depreciation and amortization was recorded by the Partnership in the current year.

 

Total expenses for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, excluding depreciation and amortization, interest, general and administrative – related parties and loss on impairment of fixed assets, totaled $781,448 and $830,332, respectively.

 

Accounts payable as of March 31, 2015 and 2014 were $103,619 and $109,399, respectively. Accounts payable are short term liabilities which are expected to be paid from operating cash flows, working capital balances at the Local Partnership level, Local General Partner advances and in certain circumstances advances from the Partnership. Accrued interest as of March 31, 2015 and 2014 was $7,989,688 and $7,635,048, respectively. Such amount represents the accrued interest on all mortgage loans, which include primary and secondary loans. Certain secondary loans have provisions such that interest is accrued but not payable until a future date. The Partnership anticipates the payment of accrued interest on the secondary loans (which make up the majority of the accrued interest payable amount and which have been accumulating since the Partnership’s investment in the remaining Local Partnership) will be made from future refinancing or sales proceeds of the Local Partnership. In addition, the Local Partnership’s mortgage notes are collateralized by the land and buildings of the Local Partnership, and are without further recourse to the Partnership. The maximum loss the Partnership would incur is its net investment in the remaining Local Partnership.

 

The Partnership has an unconsolidated cash reserve of approximately $2,149,000 at March 31, 2015. Such amount is considered sufficient to cover the Partnership’s day to day operating expenses, excluding fees to the General Partner, for at least the next year.

 

At March 31, 2015, the Partnership’s liabilities exceeded assets by $14,244,660 and for the year ended March 31, 2015, the Partnership had net loss of ($493,313). However, because 1) the provisions of the secondary loan defers the payment of accrued interest of the remaining Local Partnership and will be made from future refinancing or sales proceeds of the remaining Local Partnership, 2) the General Partner continues to defer the payment of fees as discussed below and in Note 8 to the Consolidated Financial Statements in Item 8, and 3) the Partnership has sufficient unconsolidated working capital reserves to cover the Partnership’s day to day operating expenses, the Partnership (and the remaining Local Partnership) believes it has sufficient liquidity and ability to generate cash and to meet existing and known or reasonably likely future cash requirements over both the short and long term.

 

Long-Term

 

Partnership management fees owed to the General Partner amounting to approximately $1,847,000 and $1,780,000 were accrued and unpaid as of March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively and are included in Due to general partner and affiliates on the Consolidated Balance Sheets. Unpaid partnership management fees for any year are deferred without interest and will be payable out of sales or refinancing proceeds only to the extent of available funds after payments on all Partnership liabilities have been made other than to those owed to the General Partner and its affiliates, and after the Limited Partners have received a 10% return on their capital contributions.

 

All other amounts included in Due to general partner and affiliates are expected to be paid, if at all, from working capital reserves. See Note 8 in Item 8 for further discussion of amounts due to the General Partner and its affiliates. The General Partner does not anticipate making any future advances of operating funds to the remaining Local Partnership in which the Partnership has invested. Even if a situation arose where the General Partner and its affiliates needed to but were not able to make operating advances in the future due to lack of funds, the only impact on the Partnership would be that it would lose its investment in such Local Partnership. The Partnership’s ability to continue its operations would not be affected.

 

The Partnership’s liquidity considerations are discussed in Note 11a in Item 8.

 

Since the maximum loss the Partnership would be liable for is its net investment in its remaining subsidiary partnership, the resolution of any contingencies is not anticipated to impact future results of liquidity or financial condition of the Partnership.

 

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Except as described above, management is not aware of any trends or events, commitments or uncertainties, which have not otherwise been disclosed, that will or are likely to impact liquidity in a material way. Management believes the only impact would be from laws that have not yet been adopted.

 

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

The Partnership has no off-balance sheet arrangements.

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

See Note 3 in Item 8 for methods and assumptions used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments (all of which are held for nontrading purposes) for which it is practicable to estimate that value.

 

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements requires management to make estimates and assumptions. These estimates and assumptions affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The following is a summary of certain accounting estimates considered critical by the Partnership. The summary should be read in conjunction with the more complete discussion of the Partnership’s accounting policies included in Item 8, Note 2 to the consolidated financial statements in this annual report on Form 10-K.

 

Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment to be held and used are carried at cost which includes the purchase price, acquisition fees and expenses, construction period interest and any other costs incurred in acquiring the Properties. The cost of property and equipment is depreciated over their estimated useful lives using accelerated and straight-line methods. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred; major renewals and betterments are capitalized. At the time property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the assets and accumulated depreciation accounts and the profit or loss on such disposition is reflected in earnings. The Partnership complies with ASC 360, Property, Plant and Equipment. A loss on impairment of assets is recorded when management estimates amounts recoverable through future operations and sale of the Property on an undiscounted basis are below depreciated cost. At that time, Property investments themselves are reduced to estimated fair value (using the fair market value based on comparative sales) when the Property is considered to be impaired and the depreciated cost exceeds estimated fair value.

 

At the time management commits to a plan to dispose of a specific asset, said asset is adjusted to the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. These assets are classified as property and equipment-held for sale and are not depreciated. Property and equipment that are held for sale are included in discontinued operations. There were no assets classified as property and equipment-held for sale as of March 31, 2015.

 

During the year ended March 31, 2015, the Partnership did not record any loss on impairment of assets or reduction to estimated fair value. Through March 31, 2015, the Partnership has recorded approximately $31,906,000 as an aggregate loss on impairment of property.

 

Revenue Recognition

 

Rental income is earned primarily under standard residential operating leases and is typically due the first day of each month, but can vary due to the terms of the tenant leases. Rental income is recognized when earned and charged to tenants’ accounts receivable if not received by the due date. Rental payments received in advance of the due date are deferred until earned. Rental subsidies are recognized as rental income during the month in which it is earned.

 

Other revenues are recorded when earned and consist of the following items: interest income earned on cash and cash equivalent balances and cash held in escrow balances, income from forfeited security deposits, late charges, laundry and vending income and other rental related items (see Note 2e, Item 8).

 

Income Taxes

 

The Partnership is not required to provide for, or pay, any federal income taxes. Net income or loss generated by the Partnership is passed through to the partners and is required to be reported by them. The Partnership may be subject to state and local taxes in jurisdictions in which it operates. For income tax purposes, the Partnership has a fiscal year ending December 31.

 

Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In February 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued (“ASU”) 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the consolidation Analysis. The ASU modifies existing consolidation guidance related to (i) limited partnerships and similar legal entities, (ii) the evaluation of variable interests for fees paid to decision makers or service providers, (iii) the effect of fee arrangements and related parties on the primary beneficiary determination, and (iv) certain investment funds. These changes are expected to limit the number of consolidation models and place more emphasis on risk of loss when determining a controlling financial interest. The ASU is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2015 and early adoption is permitted. The new guidance will not have an impact on the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements.

 

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In April 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) 2014-08 “Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposal of Components of an Entity.” ASU 2014-08 provides a narrower definition of discontinued operations than under existing accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”). The standard update requires that only disposals of components of an entity (or groups of components) that represent a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on the reporting entity’s operations are reported in the financial statements as discontinued operations. The standard also provides guidance on the financial statement presentations and disclosures of discontinued operations. The ASU is effective prospectively for disposals (or classifications of businesses as held-for-sale) of components or an entity that occur in an annual or interim periods beginning after December 15, 2014. The new guidance will not have an impact on the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements.

 

On May 14, 2014 the FASB and the IASB issued a new joint revenue recognition standard that supersedes nearly all GAAP guidance on revenue recognition. The core principal of the standard is that revenue recognition should depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in the amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard is effective for the Partnership for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2017 and the effects of the standard on the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements are not known at this time.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties About an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. This standard update provides guidance around management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is a substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosure. The new guidance is effective for all annual and interim periods ending after December 16, 2016. The new guidance will not have an impact on the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements.

 

Results of Operations

 

The following is a summary of the results of operations of the Partnership for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively.

 

The net loss from operations for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 totaled ($493,313) and ($568,406), respectively.

 

2015 vs. 2014

 

Rental income increased by approximately 3% for the year ended March 31, 2015 as compared to the corresponding period ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to an increase in occupancy at the remaining Local Partnership.

 

Total expenses from operations, excluding general and administrative for non-related parties, repairs and maintenance, operating expenses, depreciation and amortization, remained consistent with a decrease of approximately 1% for the year ended March 31, 2015 as compared with the corresponding period ended March 31, 2014.

 

General and administrative expenses decreased approximately $37,000 for the year ended March 31, 2015 as compared to the corresponding period ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to a decrease in legal expenses, office expenses and bad debt expenses offset by an increase in salaries and benefits at the remaining Local Partnership.

 

Repairs and maintenance expenses decreased approximately $34,000 for the year ended March 31, 2015 as compared to the corresponding period ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to a decrease in heating and cooling expenses, security and protection expenses and general repairs expenses at the remaining Local Partnership.

 

Operating expenses increased approximately $26,000 for the year ended March 31, 2015 as compared to the corresponding period ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to an overall increase in utility expenses at the remaining Local Partnership.

 

Depreciation and amortization decreased approximately $5,000 for the year ended March 31, 2015 as compared to the corresponding period ended March 31, 2014, primarily due to property and equipment being fully depreciated at the end of the year ended March 31, 2014.

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk.

 

Not applicable.

 

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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.      
      Sequential
Page
       
(a) 1. Consolidated Financial Statements    
       
  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   11-13
       
  Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2015 and 2014   14
       
  Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014   15
       
  Consolidated Statements of Changes in Partners’ (Deficit) Equity for the Years Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014   16
       
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014   17
       
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements   18

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Partners of

Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II and Subsidiaries

(A Delaware Limited Partnership)

 

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II and Subsidiaries (A Delaware Limited Partnership) as of March 31, 2015 and 2014, and the related consolidated statements of operations, changes in partners’ (deficit) equity, and cash flows for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 (the 2014 and 2013 Fiscal Years), respectively. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these consolidated financial statements based on our audits. We did not audit the financial statements for one and three (Fiscal Years 2014 and 2013) subsidiary partnerships whose losses aggregated $267,505 and $344,387 for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, and whose assets constituted 19% and 17% of the Partnership’s assets at March 31, 2015 and 2014, presented in the accompanying consolidated financial statements. The financial statements of one subsidiary partnership (2014 and 2013 Fiscal Years) was audited by other auditors whose reports thereon have been furnished to us and our opinion expressed herein, insofar as it relates to the amounts included for this subsidiary partnership, is based solely upon the reports of the other auditors.

 

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the consolidated financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Partnership is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the consolidated financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

 

In our opinion, based upon our audits, and the reports of the other auditors referred to above, the consolidated financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II and Subsidiaries as of March 31, 2015 and 2014, and the results of their operations and their cash flows for the years then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

/s/ RAICH ENDE & MALTER CO. LLP

RAICH ENDE & MALTER CO. LLP

 

New York, New York

June 29, 2015

 

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[COHNREZNICK LLP LETTERHEAD]

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Partners

Renaissance Plaza 93 Associates, L.P.

 

Report on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Renaissance Plaza 93 Associates, L.P., which comprise the balance sheet as of December 31, 2014 and the related statements of operations, partner’s equity (deficit) and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes to the financial statements.

 

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

 

Auditor's Responsibility

 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America as established by the Auditing Standards Board (United States), the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control.

 

Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Opinion

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Renaissance Plaza 93 Associates, L.P. as of December 31, 2014, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Report on Supplementary Information

 

Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements as a whole. The accompanying supplementary information on pages 22 to 35 is presented for purposes of additional analysis as required by the Audit Guide issued by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and is not a required part of the financial statements. Such information is the responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements. The information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and certain additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements or to the financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the information is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

 

Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards

 

In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated February 24, 2015, on our consideration of Renaissance Plaza 93 Associates, L.P.'s internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering Renaissance Plaza 93 Associates, L.P.’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance.

 

/s/ CohnReznick LLP  
Chicago, Illinois Taxpayer Identification Number:
February 24, 2015 22-1478099
   

Lead Auditor: Nelson Gomez, CPA

 

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[COHNREZNICK LLP LETTERHEAD]

 

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Partners

Renaissance Plaza 93 Associates, L.P.

 

Report on the Financial Statements

 

We have audited the accompanying financial statements of Renaissance Plaza 93 Associates, L.P., which comprise the balance sheet as of December 31, 2013 and the related statements of operations, partner’s equity (deficit) and cash flows for the year then ended, and the related notes to the financial statements.

 

Management's Responsibility for the Financial Statements

 

Management is responsible for the preparation and fair presentation of these financial statements in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America; this includes the design, implementation, and maintenance of internal control relevant to the preparation and fair presentation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

 

Auditor's Responsibility

 

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America as established by the Auditing Standards Board (United States), the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), and the standards applicable to financial audits contained in Government Auditing Standards, issued by the Comptroller General of the United States. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free from material misstatement.

 

An audit involves performing procedures to obtain audit evidence about the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. The procedures selected depend on the auditor's judgment, including the assessment of the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error. In making those risk assessments, the auditor considers internal control relevant to the entity's preparation and fair presentation of the financial statements in order to design audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the entity's internal control.

 

Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes evaluating the appropriateness of accounting policies used and the reasonableness of significant accounting estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements.

 

We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our audit opinion.

 

Opinion

 

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Renaissance Plaza 93 Associates, L.P. as of December 31, 2013, the results of its operations and its cash flows for the year then ended in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

Report on Supplementary Information

 

Our audit was conducted for the purpose of forming an opinion on the financial statements as a whole. The accompanying supplementary information on pages 22 to 35 is presented for purposes of additional analysis as required by the Audit Guide issued by the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development and is not a required part of the financial statements. Such information is the responsibility of management and was derived from and relates directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements. The information has been subjected to the auditing procedures applied in the audit of the financial statements and certain additional procedures, including comparing and reconciling such information directly to the underlying accounting and other records used to prepare the financial statements or to the financial statements themselves, and other additional procedures in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. In our opinion, the information is fairly stated in all material respects in relation to the financial statements as a whole.

 

Other Reporting Required by Government Auditing Standards

 

In accordance with Government Auditing Standards, we have also issued our report dated February 25, 2014, on our consideration of Renaissance Plaza 93 Associates, L.P.'s internal control over financial reporting and on our tests of its compliance with certain provisions of laws, regulations, contracts, and grant agreements and other matters. The purpose of that report is to describe the scope of our testing of internal control over financial reporting and compliance and the results of that testing, and not to provide an opinion on internal control over financial reporting or on compliance. That report is an integral part of an audit performed in accordance with Government Auditing Standards in considering Renaissance Plaza 93 Associates, L.P.’s internal control over financial reporting and compliance.

 

/s/ CohnReznick LLP  
Chicago, Illinois Taxpayer Identification Number:
February 25, 2014 22-1478099

 

Lead Auditor: Nelson Gomez, CPA

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   March 31, 
   2015   2014 
         
ASSETS          
           
Operating assets          
Cash and cash equivalents (Notes 2, 3 and 11)  $2,309,123   $2,421,161 
Cash held in escrow (Notes 3 and 5)   299,490    271,741 
Deferred costs (Note 6)   8,426    8,426 
Other assets   61,170    60,299 
           
Total assets  $2,678,209   $2,761,627 
           
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS’ (DEFICIT) EQUITY          
           
Liabilities          
Mortgage notes payable (Note 7)  $6,679,503   $6,696,769 
Accounts payable   103,619    109,399 
Security deposit payable   57,435    57,205 
Accrued interest payable   7,989,688    7,635,048 
Due to local general partners and affiliates (Note 8)   125,766    125,968 
Due to general partner and affiliates (Note 8)   1,966,858    1,870,491 
           
Total liabilities   16,922,869    16,494,880 
           
Commitments and contingencies (Note 7, 8 and 11)          
           
Partners’ (deficit) equity          
Limited partners (58,928 BACs issued and outstanding)   (17,302,450)   (16,816,745)
General partner   3,591,181    3,596,087 
           
Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II total   (13,711,269)   (13,220,658)
           
Noncontrolling interests   (533,391)   (512,595)
           
Total partners’ (deficit) equity   (14,244,660)   (13,733,253)
           
Total liabilities and partners’ (deficit) equity  $2,678,209   $2,761,627 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

   Years Ended March 31, 
   2015   2014 
         
Revenues          
Rental income  $837,887   $816,729 
Other income   29,619    32,683 
           
Total revenues   867,506    849,412 
           
Expenses          
General and administrative   336,228    373,165 
General and administrative-related parties (Note 8)   155,542    157,123 
Repairs and maintenance   197,249    230,869 
Operating   146,645    120,159 
Taxes   64,479    72,689 
Insurance   36,847    33,450 
Financial, principally interest   423,829    424,904 
Depreciation and amortization   -    5,459 
           
Total expenses from operations   1,360,819    1,417,818 
           
Net loss   (493,313)   (568,406)
           
Net loss attributable to noncontrolling interests   2,702    3,478 
           
Net loss attributable to Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II  $(490,611)  $(564,928)
           
Net loss – limited partners  $(485,705)  $(559,279)
           
Number of BACs outstanding   58,928    58,928 
           
Loss from operations per weighted average BAC  $(8.24)  $(9.49)
           
Net loss income per weighted average BAC  $(8.24)  $(9.49)

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN PARTNERS' (DEFICIT) EQUITY

 

       Limited   General   Noncontrolling 
   Total   Partners   Partner   Interests 
                 
Partners’ (deficit) equity – April 1, 2013  $(13,140,279)  $(16,257,466)  $3,601,736   $(484,549)
Net loss   (568,406)   (559,279)   (5,649)   (3,478)
Distributions   (24,568)   -    -    (24,568)
                     
Partners’ (deficit) equity – March 31, 2014   (13,733,253)   (16,816,745)   3,596,087    (512,595)
Net loss   (493,313)   (485,705)   (4,906)   (2,702)
Distributions   (18,094)   -    -    (18,094)
Partners' (deficit) equity – March 31, 2015  $(14,244,660)  $(17,302,450)  $3,591,181   $(533,391)

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

   Years Ended March 31, 
   2015   2014 
         
Cash flows from operating activities:          
Net loss  $(493,313)  $(568,406)
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash (used in) provided by operating activities:          
 Depreciation and amortization   -    5,459 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:          
 (Decrease) increase in accounts payable   (5,780)   30,282 
 Increase (decrease) in security deposit payable   230    (2,300)
 Increase in accrued interest payable   354,640    335,222 
 (Increase) decrease in cash held in escrow   (8,864)   23,736 
 (Increase) decrease in other assets   (871)   5,569 
 (Decrease) increase in due to local general partners and affiliates   (202)   1,172 
 Increase in due to general partner and affiliates   96,367    73,288 
           
Total adjustments   435,520    472,428 
           
Net cash used in operating activities   (57,793)   (95,978)
           
Cash flows from investing activities:          
 Increase in cash held in escrow   (18,885)   (10,433)
           
Net cash used in investing activities   (18,885)   (10,433)
           
Cash flows from financing activities:          
 Principal payments of mortgage notes   (17,266)   (16,195)
 Decrease in capitalization of consolidated subsidiaries attributable to noncontrolling interests   (18,094)   (24,568)
           
Net cash used in by financing activities   (35,360)   (40,763)
           
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents   (112,038)   (147,174)
 Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of year   2,421,161    2,568,335 
 Cash and cash equivalents at end of year  $2,309,123   $2,421,161 
           
Supplemental disclosure of cash flows information:          
 Cash paid during the year for interest  $69,192   $89,682 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2015 AND 2014

 

NOTE 1 – General

 

Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II (a Delaware limited partnership) (the “Partnership”) was organized on February 11, 1992 and commenced its public offering on January 19, 1993. The general partner of the Partnership is Related Independence Associates L.P. a Delaware limited partnership (the “General Partner”). The general partner of the General Partner is Independence Associates GP LLC., a Delaware limited liability company. Centerline Holding Company (“Centerline”) was the ultimate parent of Centerline Affordable Housing Advisors LLC (“CAHA”), the sole member of the Manager of the General Partner. On June 12, 2013, Centerline and an affiliate of Hunt Companies, Inc. (“Hunt”) entered into an agreement and plan of merger. On November 14, 2013, the shareholders of Centerline approved the acquisition of Centerline by an affiliate of Hunt. On April 15, 2015, Alden Torch Financial, LLC, a newly formed Delaware limited liability company (“ATF”), became the indirect owner of 100% of the equity interest in Centerline. Since April 15, 2015, ATF has been the ultimate parent and indirect owner of 100% of the equity interests in CAHA. Prior to April 15, 2015, Hunt had been the ultimate majority equity owner of CAHA.

 

The Partnership’s business is primarily to invest in other partnerships (“Local Partnerships,” “subsidiaries” or “subsidiary partnerships”) owning leveraged apartment complexes that are eligible for the low-income housing tax credit (“Tax Credit”) enacted in the Tax Reform Act of 1986, some of which may have been eligible for the historic rehabilitation tax credit.

 

The Partnership had originally acquired interests in fifteen subsidiary partnerships. As of March 31, 2015, the Partnership has sold its limited partnership interests in thirteen Local Partnerships, and one Local Partnership sold its property and the related assets and liabilities. There can be no assurance as to when the Partnership will dispose of its last remaining investment or the amount of proceeds which may be received.

 

The Partnership was authorized to issue a total of 100,000 ($100,000,000) Beneficial Assignment Certificates (“BACs”) which were registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission for sale to the public. Each BAC represents all of the economic and virtually all of the ownership rights attributable to a limited partnership interest. The Partnership raised a total of $58,928,000 representing 58,928 BACs. The offering was terminated on April 7, 1994.

 

The terms of the Partnership’s Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership (the “Partnership Agreement”) provide, among other things, that net profits or losses and distributions of cash flow are, in general, allocated 99% to the limited partners and BACs holders and 1% to the general partner.

 

NOTE 2 – Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

 

a) Basis of Accounting

 

For financial reporting purposes the Partnership’s fiscal year ends on March 31. All subsidiaries have fiscal years ending December 31. Accounts of the subsidiaries have been adjusted for intercompany transactions from January 1 through March 31. The Partnership’s fiscal year ends March 31 in order to allow adequate time for the subsidiaries’ financial statements to be prepared and consolidated. The books and records of the Partnership are maintained on the accrual basis of accounting, in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“GAAP”).

 

b) Basis of Consolidation

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of the Partnership and one (2014 and 2013 Fiscal Years) subsidiary partnership in which the Partnership is the principal limited partner, with an ownership interest of 98.99%. As of March 31, 2015, the Partnership has ownership interests in one remaining investment. Through the rights of the Partnership and/or an affiliate of the General Partner, which affiliate has a contractual obligation to act on behalf of the Partnership, to remove the general partners of the subsidiary local partnerships (“Local General Partners”) and to approve certain major operating and financial decisions, the Partnership has a controlling financial interest in the subsidiary Local Partnerships. All intercompany accounts and transactions with the subsidiary partnerships have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

The loss attributable to noncontrolling interests amounted to approximately $3,000 and $3,000 for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The Partnership’s investment in each subsidiary is equal to the respective subsidiary’s partners’ equity less noncontrolling interest capital, if any.

 

c) Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents include cash on hand, cash in banks, and investments in short-term highly liquid instruments purchased with original maturities of three months or less. Cash held in escrow has various use restrictions and is not considered a cash equivalent.

 

d) Property and Equipment

 

Property and equipment to be held and used are carried at cost which includes the purchase price, acquisition fees and expenses, construction period interest and any other costs incurred in acquiring the properties. The cost of property and equipment is depreciated over their estimated useful lives using accelerated and straight-line methods. Expenditures for repairs and maintenance are charged to expense as incurred; major renewals and betterments are capitalized. At the time property and equipment are retired or otherwise disposed of, the cost and accumulated depreciation are eliminated from the assets and accumulated depreciation accounts and the profit or loss on such disposition is reflected in earnings. The determination of asset impairment is a two-step process. First, management estimates amounts recoverable through future operations and sale of the property on an undiscounted basis. If such estimates are below depreciated cost, management estimates fair value (using the fair market value based on comparative sales). The property is considered to be impaired when the depreciated cost exceeds estimated fair value.

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2015 AND 2014

 

At the time management commits to a plan to dispose of a specific asset, said asset is adjusted to the lower of carrying amount or fair value less costs to sell. These assets are classified as property and equipment-held for sale and are not depreciated. Property and equipment that are held for sale are included in discontinued operations. There are no assets classified as property and equipment-held for sale at March 31, 2015.

 

e) Revenue Recognition

 

Rental income is earned primarily under standard residential operating leases and is typically due the first day of each month, but can vary by property due to the terms of the tenant leases. Rental income is recognized when earned and charged to tenants’ accounts receivable if not received by the due date. Rental payments received in advance of the due date are deferred until earned. Rental subsidies are recognized as rental income during the month in which it is earned.

 

Other revenues are recorded when earned and consist of the following items: Interest income earned on cash and cash equivalent balances and cash held in escrow balances, income from forfeited security deposits, late charges, laundry and vending income and other rental related items.

 

Other revenues from operations include the following amounts at both the Partnership and Local Partnership level:

 

   Years Ended March 31, 
   2015   2014 
         
Interest  $47   $53 
Other.   29,572    32,630 
           
Total other revenue  $29,619   $32,683 

 

f) Income Taxes

 

The Partnership is not required to provide for, or pay, any federal income taxes. Net income or loss generated by the Partnership is passed through to the partners and is required to be reported by them. The Partnership may be subject to state and local taxes in jurisdictions in which it operates. For income tax purposes, the Partnership has a fiscal year ending December 31 (See Note 9).

 

The Partnership’s management have analyzed the Partnership’s tax positions and concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded for positions taken on returns filed for open tax years. As of and during the year ended March 31, 2015, the Partnership did not have a liability for any unrecognized tax benefits or related interest and penalties. Such related interest and penalties, if any, would be included in general and administrative expense.

 

The Partnership relies on a 2% safe harbor established by an Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) regulation to avoid being characterized as a “publicly-traded partnership” that is taxed as a corporation.

 

In the normal course of business the Partnership or one of its subsidiaries is subject to examination by federal, state and local jurisdictions in which it operates where applicable. At March 31, 2015, the tax years that remain subject to examination by the major tax jurisdictions under the statute of limitations is from the year 2011 forward.

 

g) Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncements

 

In February 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board issued (“ASU”) 2015-02, Consolidation (Topic 810): Amendments to the consolidation Analysis. The ASU modifies existing consolidation guidance related to (i) limited partnerships and similar legal entities, (ii) the evaluation of variable interests for fees paid to decision makers or service providers, (iii) the effect of fee arrangements and related parties on the primary beneficiary determination, and (iv) certain investment funds. These changes are expected to limit the number of consolidation models and place more emphasis on risk of loss when determining a controlling financial interest. The ASU is effective for fiscal years and interim periods within those years beginning after December 15, 2015 and early adoption is permitted. The new guidance will not have an impact on the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements.

 

In April 2014, FASB issued ASU 2014-08 “Reporting Discontinued Operations and Disclosures of Disposal of Components of an Entity.” ASU 2014-08 provides a narrower definition of discontinued operations than under existing GAAP. The standard update requires that only disposals of components of an entity (or groups of components) that represent a strategic shift that has or will have a major effect on the reporting entity’s operations are reported in the financial statements as discontinued operations. The standard also provides guidance on the financial statement presentations and disclosures of discontinued operations. The ASU is effective prospectively for disposals (or classifications of businesses as held-for-sale) of components or an entity that occur in an annual or interim periods beginning after December 15, 2014. The new guidance will not have an impact on the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements.

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2015 AND 2014

 

On May 14, 2014 the FASB and IASB issued a new joint revenue recognition standard that supersedes nearly all GAAP guidance on revenue recognition. The core principal of the standard is that revenue recognition should depict the transfer of goods or services to customers in the amount that reflects the consideration to which the entity expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new standard is effective for the Partnership for the fiscal year beginning April 1, 2017 and the effects of the standard on the Partnership’s condensed consolidated financial statements are not known at this time.

 

In August 2014, the FASB issued ASU No. 2014-15, Disclosure of Uncertainties About an Entity’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern. This standard update provides guidance around management’s responsibility to evaluate whether there is a substantial doubt about an entity’s ability to continue as a going concern and to provide related footnote disclosure. The new guidance is effective for all annual and interim periods ending after December 16, 2016. The new guidance will not have an impact on the Partnership’s consolidated financial statements.

 

h) Offering Costs

 

Costs incurred to sell BACs, including brokerage and the nonaccountable expense allowance, are considered selling and offering expenses. These costs are charged directly to limited partners’ (deficit) equity.

 

i) Loss Contingencies

 

The Partnership records loss contingencies as a charge to income when information becomes available which indicates that it is probable that an asset has been impaired or a liability has been incurred as of the date of the consolidated financial statements and the amount of loss can be reasonably estimated.

 

j) Use of Estimates

 

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect certain reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the dates of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

NOTE 3 – Fair Value of Financial Instruments

 

The following methods and assumptions were used to estimate the fair value of each class of financial instruments (all of which are held for nontrading purposes) for which it is practicable to estimate that value:

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents and Cash Held in Escrow

 

The carrying amount approximates fair value.

 

Accounts Payable and Other Liabilities

 

The carrying amounts approximate fair value due to their short-term nature.

 

Mortgage Notes Payable and Accrued Interest

 

The Partnership has categorized the fair value of financial assets and liabilities based upon the fair value hierarchy specified by ASC Topic 820, Fair Value Measurements (“ASC 820”). This standard defines fair value, provides guidance for measuring fair value and requires certain disclosures. This standard does not require any new fair value measurements, but discusses valuation techniques, such as the market approach (comparable market prices), the income approach (present value of future income or cash flow), and the cost approach (cost to replace the service capacity of an asset or replacement cost). This standard provides for a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels. The following is a brief description of those three levels:

 

Level 1:Observable inputs such as quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets or liabilities.

 

Level 2:Inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These include quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets and quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active.

 

Level 3:Unobservable inputs that reflect the Partnership’s own assumptions.

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2015 AND 2014

 

The estimated fair value of mortgage notes payable has been determined using available market information or other appropriate valuation methodologies. However, considerable judgment is required in interpreting market data to develop estimates of fair value. Consequently, the estimates are not necessarily indicative of the amounts that could be realized or would be paid in a current market exchange.

 

   At March 31, 2015   At March 31, 2014 
   Carrying       Carrying     
   Amount   Fair Value   Amount   Fair Value 
                 
LIABILITIES:                    
Mortgage notes  $6,679,503   $3,267,996   $6,696,769   $3,013,769 

 

Fair value for the mortgage notes have been estimated using Level 3 inputs.

 

For the mortgage notes, fair value is calculated using present value cash flow models based on a discount rate. It was determined that the Tender Option Bond market, through which these bonds have been securitized in the past, continued to see a dramatic slowdown with limited liquidity and significantly reduced transaction levels. To assist in valuing these notes, the Partnership held separate discussions with various third party investment banks who are leaders in the municipal bond business. The discussions produced assumptions that were based on market conditions as well as the credit quality of the underlying property partnerships, which held the mortgage notes, to determine what discount rates to utilize.

 

Due to General Partner and Affiliates and Due to/from Local General Partners and Affiliates

 

Management believes it is not practical to estimate the fair value of due to General Partner and affiliates and due to/from Local General Partners and affiliates because market information on such obligations is not currently available.

 

NOTE 4 – Property and Equipment

 

The components of property and equipment from operations and their estimated useful lives are as follows:

 

   March 31,   Estimated 
           Useful Lives 
   2015   2014   (Years) 
             
Land  $ 686,616   $ 686,616     - 
Building and improvements   4,862,007    4,862,007    10-40 
Furniture and fixtures   69,885    69,885    5-10 
    5,618,508    5,618,508      
Less:  Accumulated depreciation   (5,618,508)   (5,618,508)     
                
   $-   $-      

 

Original acquisition costs totaling $4,369,919, of which $3,501,977 was paid to the General Partner, are included in the cost of property and equipment.

 

Depreciation expense for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 amounted to $0 and $5,459, respectively.

 

Impairments

 

During the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, the Partnership performed a fair value analysis on all of its investments in Local Partnerships. Impairment of assets is a two-step process. First, management estimated amounts recoverable through future operations and sale of the Property on an undiscounted basis. If such estimates were below depreciated cost, Property investments themselves were reduced to estimated fair value (using the fair market value based on comparative sales). Therefore, a 5-year cash flow projection was used, as this period is indicative of the average holding period left on the remaining investments. Based on this analysis, the Partnership deemed the properties of the below Local Partnerships impaired and wrote them down to their estimated fair value. No impairment was recorded by the Partnership for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014. Impairments have been estimated using Level 3 inputs.

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2015 AND 2014

 

NOTE 5 – Cash Held in Escrow

 

Cash held in escrow from operations consists of the following:

 

   March 31, 
   2015   2014 
         
Real estate taxes, insurance and other  $61,838   $54,941 
Reserve for replacements   177,069    158,184 
Tenant security deposits   60,583    58,616 
           
   $299,490   $271,741 

 

NOTE 6 – Deferred Costs

 

The components of deferred costs are as follows:

 

   March 31,  
   2015   2014   Period
            
Other  $8,426   $8,426   various
              
   $8,426   $8,426    

 

NOTE 7 – Mortgage Notes Payable

 

The remaining mortgage note from operations is payable in aggregate monthly installments of approximately $2,000, including principal and interest, at rates ranging from 6.22% to 6.33% per annum through the year 2024. The remaining subsidiary partnership’s mortgage note payable is collateralized by its land and buildings, and is without further recourse to the Partnership.

 

Accrued interest payable as of March 31, 2015 and 2014 was $7,989,688 and $7,635,048, respectively. Interest accrues on the mortgage loan, which include primary and secondary loans. The remaining secondary loan has a provision such that interest is accrued but not payable until a future date. The Partnership anticipates the payment of accrued interest on the secondary loan (which make up the majority of the accrued interest payable amount which have been accumulating since the Partnership’s investment in the remaining Local Partnership) will be made from future refinancing or sales proceeds of such Local Partnership or through assumption by the buyer upon sale of the Partnership interest in such Local Partnership.

 

The mortgage agreements generally require monthly deposits to replacement reserves and escrow accounts for real estate taxes, hazard insurance and mortgage insurance and other (see Note 5). Monthly deposits of approximately $3,000 from operations were made for replacement reserves.

 

Annual principal payment requirements for mortgage notes from operations payable by the subsidiary partnership for each of the next five calendar years and thereafter are as follows:

 

Year ending December 31,  Amount 
      
2015  $15,966 
2016   16,988 
2017   18,076 
2018   19,233 
2019   20,464 
Thereafter   6,588,776 
      
   6,679,503 

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2015 AND 2014

 

NOTE 8 – Related Party Transactions

 

An affiliate of the General Partner has a .01% interest as a special limited partner in the remaining subsidiary partnership.

 

A) Other Related Party Expenses

 

The costs incurred to related parties from operations for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 were as follows:

 

   Years Ended  March 31,
   2015   2014 
         
Partnership management fees (a)  $67,000   $67,000 
Expense reimbursement (b)   24,367    25,107 
Local administrative fees (c)   5,000    5,000 
Total general and administrative - General Partner   96,367    97,107 
           
Property management fees incurred to affiliates of the subsidiary partnerships’ general partners   59,175    60,016 
Total general and administrative-related parties  $155,542   $157,123 

 

(a)The General Partner is entitled to receive a partnership management fee, after payment of all Partnership expenses, which together with the annual local administrative fees will not exceed a maximum of 0.5% per annum of invested assets (as defined in the Partnership Agreement), for administering the affairs of the Partnership. Subject to the foregoing limitation, the partnership management fee will be determined by the General Partner in its sole discretion based upon its review of the Partnership’s investments. Unpaid partnership management fees for any year will be accrued without interest and will be payable from working capital reserves or to the extent of available funds after the Partnership has made distributions to the limited partners of sale or refinancing proceeds equal to their original capital contributions plus a 10% priority return thereon (to the extent not theretofore paid out of cash flow). Partnership management fees owed to the General Partner amounting to approximately $1,847,000 and $1,780,000 were accrued and unpaid as of March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively, and are included in the line item Due to general partners and affiliates in the consolidated balance sheets. Current year partnership management fees may be paid out of operating reserves or refinancing and sales proceeds. As such, the General Partner cannot demand payment of the deferred fees except as noted above.

 

(b)The Partnership reimburses the General Partner and its affiliates for actual Partnership operating expenses incurred by the General Partner and its affiliates on the Partnership’s behalf. The amount of reimbursement from the Partnership is limited by the provisions of the Partnership Agreement. Another affiliate of the General Partner performs asset monitoring for the Partnership. These services include site visits and evaluations of the subsidiary partnerships’ performance. Expense reimbursements and asset monitoring fees owed to the General Partner and its affiliates amounting to approximately $30,000 and $6,000 were accrued and unpaid as of March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. The General Partner does not intend to demand payment of the deferred payables beyond the Partnership’s ability to pay them. The Partnership anticipates that these will be paid, if at all, from working capital reserves or future sales proceeds.

 

(c)Independence SLP L.P., a special limited partner of the subsidiary partnerships, is entitled to receive a local administrative fee of up to $5,000 per year from the remaining subsidiary partnership. Local administrative fee owed to Independence SLP L.P. amounting to approximately $90,000 and $84,000 were accrued and unpaid as of March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. These fees have been deferred in certain cases and the Partnership anticipates that they will be paid, if at all, from working capital reserves or future sales proceeds.

 

B) Due to Local General Partners and Affiliates

 

Due to local general partners and affiliates at March 31, 2015 and 2014 consists of the following:

 

   March 31, 
   2015   2014 
         
Construction costs payable  $120,000   $120,000 
Management and other operating advances   5,766    5,968 
           
   $125,766   $125,968 

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2015 AND 2014

 

NOTE 9 – Taxable Net Income

 

A reconciliation of the consolidated financial statement net (loss) income to the taxable net (loss) income for the Partnership and its consolidated subsidiaries is as follows:

 

   Years Ended March 31,
   2015   2014 
         
Consolidated financial statement net (loss) income  $(490,611)  $(564,928)
           
Differences between depreciation and amortization expense recorded for financial reporting purposes and the accelerated costs recovery system utilized for income tax purposes   (453,430)   (454,003)
           
Other expense, including related party accruals for financial reporting not deductible for tax purposes until paid   31,437    113,007 
           
Net (loss) income as shown on the income tax return for the calendar year ended  $(912,604)  $(905,924)

 

No provision for income taxes related to the operations of the Partnership has been included in the accompanying consolidated financial statements because, as a partnership, it is not subject to federal or material state income taxes and the tax effect of its activities accrues to the BACs holders. Net income for financial statement purposes may differ significantly from taxable income reportable to BACs holders as a result of differences between the tax bases and financial reporting bases of assets and liabilities and the taxable income allocation requirements under its Partnership Agreement. In the event of an examination of the Partnership’s tax return, the tax liability of the partners could be changed if an adjustment in the Partnership’s income is ultimately sustained by the taxing authorities. At March 31, 2015, the tax basis net assets exceeded the financial statement net assets by approximately $5,760,000 due to depreciation differences, impairments of property and equipment, and related party accruals.

 

NOTE 10 – Sale of Properties

 

The Partnership is in the process of disposing of all of its investments. As of March 31, 2015, the Partnership has sold its limited partnership interests in thirteen Local Partnerships and one Local Partnership sold its property and the related assets and liabilities. There can be no assurance as to when the Partnership will dispose of its last remaining investment or the amount of proceeds which may be received. However, based on the historical operating results of the remaining Local Partnership and the current economic conditions, the proceeds from such sales received by the Partnership will not be sufficient to return to the limited partners their original investments.

 

NOTE 11 – Commitments and Contingencies

 

a)Liquidity

 

At March 31, 2015, the Partnership’s liabilities exceeded assets by $14,244,660 and for the year then ended, the partnership had net loss of $ (493,313). These factors raise doubt about the Partnership’s ability to continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 8, partnership management fees of approximately $1,847,000 will be payable out of sales or refinancing proceeds only to the extent of available funds after payments of all other Partnership liabilities have been made and after the Limited Partners have received a 10% return on their capital contributions. As such, the General Partner cannot demand payment of these deferred fees beyond the Partnership’s ability to pay them. In addition, where the Partnership has unpaid partnership management fees related to sold properties, such management fees are written off and recorded as capital contributions.

 

The entire mortgage payable balance of $6,679,503 and the accrued interest payable balance of $7,989,688 are of a nonrecourse nature and secured by the remaining property. The Partnership is currently in the process of disposing of its last remaining investment. Historically, the mortgage notes and accrued interest thereon have been assumed by the buyer in instances of sales of the Partnership’s interest or have been paid off from sales proceeds in instances of sales of the property. In most instances when the Partnership’s interest was sold and liabilities were assumed, the Partnership recognized a gain from the sale. The Partnership owns the limited partner interest in its last remaining investment, and as such has no financial responsibility to fund operating losses incurred by the Local Partnership. The maximum loss the Partnership would incur is its net investment in such Local Partnership.

 

The Partnership has cash reserves of approximately $2,149,000 at March 31, 2015. Such amount is considered sufficient to cover the Partnership’s day to day operating expenses, excluding fees to the General Partner, for at least the next year. The Partnership’s operating expenses, excluding the Local Partnerships’ expenses and related party expenses amounted to approximately $134,400 for the year ended March 31, 2015.

 

Management believes the above mitigating factors enable the Partnership to continue as a going concern. The accompanying consolidated financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

 

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AND SUBSIDIARIES

NOTES TO CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MARCH 31, 2015 AND 2014

 

b)Uninsured Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

The Partnership maintains its cash and cash equivalents in various banks. The accounts at each bank are guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) up to $250,000 per entity per institution. At March 31, 2015, approximately $1,900,000 was in excess of the federally insured limits.

 

c)Cash Distributions

 

Cash distributions from the Local Partnerships to the Partnership are restricted by the provisions of the respective agreements of limited partnership of the Local Partnerships and/or the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development.

 

d)Property Management Fees

 

Property and incentive management fees incurred by the remaining subsidiary partnership amounted to $59,175 and $60,016 for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014, respectively. Of these fees $59,175 and $60,016 were earned by affiliates of the Local General Partners.

 

e)Other

 

The Partnership is subject to the risks incidental to potential losses arising from the management and ownership of improved real estate. The Partnership can also be affected by poor economic conditions generally. There are also substantial risks associated with owning properties receiving government assistance; for example, the possibility that Congress may not appropriate funds to enable HUD to make rental assistance payments. HUD also restricts annual cash distributions to partners based on operating results and a percentage of the owner’s equity contribution. The Partnership cannot sell or substantially liquidate its remaining investment during the period that the subsidy agreement is in existence without HUD’s approval. Furthermore, there may not be market demand for apartments at full market rents when the rental assistance contract expires.

 

f)Subsequent Events

 

We evaluated all subsequent events from the consolidated balance sheet date through the issuance date of this report and determined that there were no events or transactions occurring during the subsequent event reporting period which require recognition or disclosure in the consolidated financial statements other than the following:

 

On April 15, 2015, Hunt Companies Inc.’s (“Hunt”) equity interest in its Affordable Housing Asset Management Platform (“Platform”) (including all assets previously relating to Centerline Holding Company) were acquired by Alden Torch Financial, LLC, a newly formed Delaware limited company (“ATF”). ATF is controlled by the Platform’s management team, which holds a majority interest in ATF, and Bear Creek Asset Management LLC, an unaffiliated private equity investment firm, holds a minority interest in ATF. Hunt had been the ultimate majority equity owner of Centerline Affordable Housing Advisors LLC (“CAHA”), the sole member of the Manager of the General Partner. Since April 15, 2015, ATF has been the ultimate parent and indirect owner of 100% of the equity interests in CAHA.

 

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Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure.

 

None.

 

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures.

 

(a) Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures. The Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Related Independence Associates, L.P., the general partner of the Partnership, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based on such evaluation, such officers have concluded that, as of the end of such period, the Partnership’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

 

(b) Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). In evaluating the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting, management has adopted the framework in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring organizations of the Treadway Commission (the “COSO Framework”). Under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including the Principal Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer of the General Partner, the Partnership conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2015. The Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external reporting purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Partnership; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Partnership are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the Partnership; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Partnership’s assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. However, because of inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

 

Management assessed the effectiveness of the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting as of March 31, 2015. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO) Framework.

 

Based on their assessment, management concluded that, as of March 31, 2015, the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting is effective. The Partnership provides reasonable assurance that information required to be disclosed in the reports it files or submits under the Securities Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC's rules and forms.

 

(c) Changes in Internal Controls over Financial Reporting. During the year ended March 31, 2015, there were no changes in the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Partnership’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 9B. Other Information.

 

Not applicable.

 

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PART III

 

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance.

 

The Partnership is a limited partnership which was formed under the laws of the State of Delaware on February 11, 1992. The general partner of the Partnership is Related Independence Associates L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “General Partner”). The general partner of the General Partner is Independence Associates GP LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“IAGL”). The Partnership has no directors or executive officers. The Partnership’s affairs are managed and controlled by the General Partner.

 

Centerline Holding Company (“Centerline”) was the ultimate parent of Centerline Affordable Housing Advisors LLC (“CAHA”), the sole member of the Manager of the General Partner. On June 12, 2013, Centerline and an affiliate of Hunt Companies, Inc. (“Hunt”) entered into an agreement and plan of merger. On November 14, 2013, the shareholders of Centerline approved the acquisition of Centerline by an affiliate of Hunt. On April 15, 2015, Alden Torch Financial, LLC, a newly formed Delaware limited liability company (“ATF”), became the indirect owner of 100% of the equity interest in Centerline. Since April 15, 2015, ATF has been the ultimate parent and indirect owner of 100% of the equity interests in CAHA. Prior to April 15, 2015, Hunt had been the ultimate majority equity owner of CAHA. The Partnership has not adopted a separate code of ethics because the Partnership has no directors or executive officers. However, ATF, which controls the General Partner, has adopted a code of ethics. To obtain a copy free of charge of ATF’s code of ethics, send a written request to: Alden Torch Financial, Attn: Legal Department-Code of Ethics, 1225 17th Street, Suite 1400, Denver, CO 80202.

 

Certain information concerning the directors and executive officers of IAGL, is set forth below. The General Partner is also the general partner of Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P.

 

 Name

  Position
     
Mark B. Hattier   Chief Financial Offer
Alan T. Fair   President (Principal Executive Officer)

 

MARK B. HATTIER, is the Chief Financial Officer of IAGL and is also a Senior Managing Director of HCP Pacific Asset Management, LLC. Mr. Hattier has over 24 years of experience in the structured finance and affordable housing industries. Prior to joining Hunt, Mr. Hattier was a Vice President of various subsidiaries of Capmark Financial Group Inc. From 2007 - 2012, Mr. Hattier was responsible for the negotiation with counterparties in the restructuring and settlement of claims and liabilities related to Capmark’s low-income housing tax credit (“LIHTC”) transactions. Mr. Hattier structured and supervised the sale of Capmark’s LIHTC business assets and the resolution of “total return swap” and other derivatives claims. From 1999 – 2007, Mr. Hattier managed Capmark’s proprietary tax-exempt bond and related derivatives portfolios, which included a substantial sub-portfolio of affordable housing bonds. From 1989 – 1993 and 1993 – 1999, Mr. Hattier was a Vice President , in the municipal finance departments of investment banks Howard, Weil, Labouisse, Friedrichs Inc. and Stephens Inc., respectively. Mr. Hattier’s focus was structured finance and asset backed finance. Mr. Hattier received his A.B. in Economics from Harvard College. Mr. Hattier earned and maintains the designations “Chartered Financial Analyst” and “Financial Risk Manager.”

 

ALAN T. FAIR is the President (Principal Executive Officer) of IAGL and is also a President of Hunt Capital Partners, LLC and an Executive Director of HCP Pacific Asset Management LLC. Mr. Fair has over 25 years of experience in the affordable housing industry including underwriting, structuring, and placement of affordable multifamily housing debt, both tax exempt and taxable. Prior to forming Hunt Capital Partners, LLC, Mr. Fair consulted to the multifamily industry, and was a Senior Vice President with AIMCO between 2007 and 2008. From 1996 through 2007, Mr. Fair was Senior Vice President Finance and Senior Managing Director of Sun America Affordable Housing Partners Inc. He was responsible for the development of credit and debt structures for both taxable and tax-exempt financed tax credit properties and the coordinating of the underwriting and financing process. During his time at Sun America Mr. Fair was involved in the origination of over 1,000 tax credit partnerships, $5 billion of debt relating to tax credit partnerships (in excess of $5 billion in equity raised) and over 100,000 units of affordable housing. Previously from 1991-1996, Mr. Fair was Senior Vice President for First Interstate Bank responsible for all multifamily housing capital market activities. From 1983 to 1991, Mr. Fair worked for Kemper Securities Group as a Vice President in Investment Banking, and prior thereto as a staff attorney. Mr. Fair is a graduate of Michigan State University and received his J.D. degree from the University of Denver College of Law. He is a member of the State Bar in Colorado.

 

Item 11. Executive Compensation.

 

The Partnership has no officers or directors. The Partnership does not pay or accrue any fees, salaries or other forms of compensation to directors or officers of the General Partner for their services. However, under the terms of the Partnership Agreement, the Partnership has entered into certain arrangements with the General Partner and its affiliates, which provide for compensation to be paid to the General Partner and its affiliates. Such arrangements include (but are not limited to) agreements to pay an annual partnership management fee, nonrecurring Acquisition Fees, a nonaccountable Acquisition Expense allowance and an accountable expense reimbursement. In addition, the General Partner is entitled to a subordinated interest in Cash from Sales or Financings and a 1% interest in Net Income, Net Loss, Distributions of Adjusted Cash from Operations and Cash from Sales or Financings. Certain directors and officers of the General Partner receive compensation from the General Partner and its affiliates for services performed for various affiliated entities which may include services performed for the Partnership. The maximum annual partnership management fee paid to the General Partner is 0.5% of invested assets. See Note 8 in Item 8 above, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

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Tabular information concerning salaries, bonuses and other types of compensation payable to executive officers has not been included in this annual report. As noted above, the Partnership has no executive officers. The levels of compensation payable to the General Partner and/or its affiliates is limited by the terms of the Partnership Agreement and may not be increased therefrom on a discretionary basis. See Note 8 in Item 8 above, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters.

 

 Title of Class

  Name and Address of
Beneficial Ownership
  Amount and Nature of
Beneficial Ownership
  Percentage
of Class
 
               
General Partnership Interest in the Partnership  

Related Independence

Associates L.P.

1225 17th Street

Denver, Colorado 80202

 

$1,000 capital contribution –

directly owned

  100 %

 

Independence SLP L.P., a limited partnership whose general partner is the general partner of the General Partner of the Partnership and which acts as the special limited partner of each Local Partnership, holds a .01% limited partnership interest in each Local Partnership. See Note 8 in Item 8 above, which information is incorporated herein by reference thereto.

 

Except as set forth below, no person is known by the Partnership to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the Limited Partnership Interests and neither the General Partner nor any executive officer of the General Partner owns any Limited Partnership Interests. The following table sets forth the number of BACs beneficially owned, as of June 24, 2015, by (i) each BACs holder known to the Partnership to be a beneficial owner of more than 5% of the BACs, (ii) each director and executive officer of the general partner of the General Partner and (iii) the directors and executive officers of the general partner of the General Partner as a group. Unless otherwise noted, all BACs are owned directly with sole voting and dispositive powers.

 

   Amount and Nature of   Percentage of 
Name of Beneficial Owner (1)  Beneficial Ownership   Class 
         
Lehigh Tax Credit Partners, Inc.   4,453.20(2)   7.6%
           
J. Michael Fried   4,453.20(2)(3)   7.6%
           
Alan P. Hirmes  4,453.20(2)(3)   7.6%
           
Stuart J. Boesky   4,453.20(2)(3)   7.6%
           
Marc D. Schnitzer   4,453.20(2)(3)   7.6%
           
Denise L. Kiley   4,453.20(2)(3)   7.6%
           
Mark B. Hattier   -    - 
           
Alan T. Fair   -    - 

 

All executive officers of the general partner of the Related

General Partner as a group (two persons)                

 

(1)The address for each of the persons in the table is 1225 17th Street, Denver, Colorado 80202.

 

(2)Information derived from Schedule 13D filed by Lehigh Tax Credit Partners L.L.C. (“Lehigh I”) and Lehigh Tax Credit Partners, Inc., (the “Managing Member”) on June 10, 1997 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”). All of such BACs represent BACs owned directly by Lehigh I and Lehigh Tax Credit Partners II, L.L.C. (“Lehigh II”), for which the Managing Member serves as managing member. As of June 3, 2015, Lehigh I held 2,213.60 BACs and Lehigh II held 2,239.60 BACs.

 

(3)Only owns an economic interest in the Managing Member.

 

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence.

 

The Partnership has and will continue to have certain relationships with the General Partner and its affiliates, as discussed in Item 11 and also Note 8 in Item 8 above, which are incorporated herein by reference thereto. However, there have been no direct financial transactions between the Partnership and the directors and officers of the General Partner.

 

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Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.

 

Audit Fees

 

The aggregate fees billed by Raich Ende Malter & Co LLP and its affiliates for professional services rendered for the audit of the Partnership’s annual consolidated financial statements for the years ended March 31, 2015 and 2014 and for the reviews of the consolidated financial statements included in the Partnership’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q for those years were $65,000 and $59,000, respectively.

 

Audit – Related Fees

 

None.

 

Tax Fees

 

None.

 

All Other Fees

 

None.

 

The Partnership is not required to have, and does not have, a stand-alone audit committee.

 

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PART IV

 

Item 15.        Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules.    

 

      Sequential
Page
       
(a) 1. Consolidated Financial Statements.    
       
  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   11-13
       
  Consolidated Balance Sheets at March 31, 2015 and 2014   14
       
  Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014   15
       
  Consolidated Statements of Changes in Partners’ Capital (Deficit) for the Years Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014   16
       
  Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended March 31, 2015 and 2014   17
       
  Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements   18
       
(a) 2. Condensed  Financial Statement Schedules.    
       
  Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm   34
       
  Schedule I - Condensed Financial Information of Registrant   35
       
  Schedule III - Real Estate and Accumulated Depreciation   38
       
  All other schedules have been omitted because they are not required or because the required information is contained in the consolidated financial statements or notes thereto.    
       
(a) 3. Exhibits.    
       
(3A) Agreement of Limited Partnership of Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II as adopted on February 11, 1992*    
       
(3B) Form of Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II, attached to the Prospectus as Exhibit A**    
       
(3C) Certificate of Limited Partnership of Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II as filed on February 11, 1992*    
       
(10A) Form of Subscription Agreement attached to the Prospectus as Exhibit B**    
       
(10B) Escrow Agreement between Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II and Bankers Trust Company*    
       
(10C) Form of Purchase and Sales Agreement pertaining to the Partnership’s acquisition of Local Partnership Interests*    
       
(10D) Form of Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of Local Partnerships*    
       
(21) Subsidiaries of the Registrant   31
       
(31.1)+ Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)    
       
(31.2) + Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) or Rule 15d-14(a)    
       
(32.1) + Certification Pursuant to Section 1350 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350)    
       
(32.2) + Certification Pursuant to Section 1350 of Title 18 of the United States Code (18 U.S.C. 1350)    

 

(101.INS) + XBRL Instance Document    
       
(101.SCH) + XBRL Taxonomy Schema Linkbase Document    
       
(101.CAL) + XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document    
       
(101.DEF) + XBRL Taxonomy Definition Linkbase Document    
       
(101.LAB) + XBRL Taxonomy Labels Linkbase Document    
       
(101.PRE) + XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document    

 

*Incorporated herein as an exhibit by reference to exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-37704)

 

**Incorporated herein as an exhibit by reference to exhibits filed with Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to the Registration Statement on Form S-11 (Registration No. 33-37704)
   
+Filed herewith.

 

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Item 15.        Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules (continued).

  

    Jurisdiction
Subsidiaries of the Registrant (Exhibit 21).   of Organization
     
Renaissance Plaza ‘93 Associates, L.P.   MD

  

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

(Registrant)

 

 

    By: RELATED INDEPENDENCE ASSOCIATES L.P.,
        General Partner
         
      By: INDEPENDENCE ASSOCIATES GP LLC,
        General Partner
         
      By: CENTERLINE MANAGER LLC,
        Manager
         
      By: CENTERLINE AFFORDABLE HOUSING ADVISORS LLC,
        Sole Member
         
      By: CENTERLINE CAPITAL GROUP LLC,
        Sole Member
           
Date: June 29, 2015       By: /s/ Mark B. Hattier
            Mark B. Hattier
            Chief Financial Officer
             
Date: June 29, 2015       By: /s/ Alan T. Fair  
            Alan T. Fair
            President (Principal Executive Officer)

 

 

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Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

 

 Signature

  Title   Date
         
/s/ Mark B. Hattier  

Chief Financial Officer of

Centerline Capital Group LLC

  June 29, 2015
Mark B. Hattier
         
/s/ Alan T. Fair   President (Principal Executive Officer) of Centerline Capital Group LLC   June 29, 2015
Alan T. Fair

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Partners of

Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II and Subsidiaries

(A Delaware Limited Partnership)

 

In connection with our audits of the consolidated financial statements of Independence Tax Credit Plus L.P. II and Subsidiaries (A Delaware Limited Partnership) included in this Form 10-K as presented in our opinion dated June 29, 2015 on page 13, and based on the reports of other auditors, we have also audited supporting Schedule I for the 2015 and 2014 Fiscal Years and Schedule III at March 31, 2015 and 2014. In our opinion, and based on the reports of the other auditors, these schedules present fairly, when read in conjunction with the related consolidated financial statements, the financial data required to be set forth therein.

 

/s/ RAICH ENDE & MALTER CO. LLP

RAICH ENDE & MALTER CO. LLP

 

New York, New York

June 29, 2015

 

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SCHEDULE I

CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

(NOT INCLUDING CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY PARTNERSHIP)

 

CONDENSED BALANCE SHEETS

 

   March 31, 
   2015   2014 
         
ASSETS        
         
Cash and cash equivalents  $2,148,999   $2,278,952 
Other assets   17,714    11,773 
           
Total assets  $2,166,713   $2,290,725 
           
LIABILITIES AND PARTNERS' CAPITAL          
           
Due to general partner and affiliates  $1,876,858   $1,785,491 
Other liabilities   55,429    45,000 
           
Total liabilities   1,932,287    1,830,491 
           
Partners’ capital   234,426    460,234 
           
Total liabilities and partners’ capital  $2,166,713   $2,290,725 

 

Investments in Subsidiary Partnerships are recorded in accordance with the equity method of accounting, wherein the investments are not reduced below zero. Accordingly, partners’ capital on the consolidated balance sheets will differ from partners’ capital shown above.

 

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SCHEDULE I

CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

(NOT INCLUDING CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY PARTNERSHIPS)

 

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

 

   Years Ended March 31, 
   2015   2014 
         
Expenses          
           
Administrative and management  $134,440   $126,454 
Administrative and management-related parties   91,368    92,107 
           
Total expenses   225,808    218,561 
           
Loss from operations   (225,808)   (218,561)
           
Net (loss) income  $(225,808)  $(218,561)

 

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SCHEDULE I

CONDENSED FINANCIAL INFORMATION OF REGISTRANT

INCREASE (DECREASE) IN CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

(NOT INCLUDING CONSOLIDATED SUBSIDIARY PARTNERSHIPS)

 

CONDENSED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS

 

   Years Ended March 31, 
   2015   2014 
         
Cash flows from operating activities:          
Net loss  $(225,808)  $(218,561)
           
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash used in operating activities:          
Increase in assets:          
Other assets   (5,941)   (3,152)
Increase (decrease) in liabilities:          
Due to general partners and affiliates   91,367    68,290 
Other liabilities   10,429    (4,000)
Total adjustments   95,855    61,138 
           
Net cash used in operating activities   (129,953)   (157,423)
           
Cash flows from financing activities:          
           
Distributions from subsidiary partnerships   -    3,150 
Net cash provided by financing activities   -    3,150 
           
Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents   (129,953)   (154,273)
           
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of year   2,278,952    2,433,225 
           
Cash and cash equivalents, end of year  $2,148,999   $2,278,952 

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

SCHEDULE III

REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

Partnership Property Pledged as Collateral

MARCH 31, 2015

 

   Initial Cost to Partnership       Gross Amount at which Carried at Close of Period              
                                          
               Cost                         Life on which
               Capitalized                         Depreciation in
               Subsequent to                   Year of     Latest Income
           Buildings and   Acquisition:       Buildings and       Accumulated   Construction/  Date  Statements is
Description  Encumbrances   Land   Improvements   Improvements   Land   Improvements   Total   Depreciation   Renovation  Acquired  Computed *
                                          
Apartment Complexes                                                 
                                                  
Renaissance Plaza Assoc.                                                 
Baltimore, MD  $6,679,503   $684,255   $9,840,170   $(4,905,917)  $686,616   $4,931,892   $5,618,508   $5,618,508   1994-95  Feb. 1994  27.5
                                                  
   $6,679,503   $684,255   $9,840,170   $(4,905,917)  $686,616   $4,931,892   $5,618,508   $5,618,508          

 

* Depreciation is computed using primarily the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives determined by the Partnership date of acquisition.

 

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INDEPENDENCE TAX CREDIT PLUS L.P. II

AND SUBSIDIARIES

SCHEDULE III

REAL ESTATE AND ACCUMULATED DEPRECIATION

Partnership Property Pledged as Collateral

MARCH 31, 2015

(continued)

 

   Cost of Property and Equipment   Accumulated Depreciation 
   Years Ended March 31, 
   2015   2014   2015   2014 
                 
Balance at beginning of period  $5,618,508   $5,618,508   $5,618,508   $5,613,049 
Additions during period:                    
Depreciation expense   -    -    -    5,459 
                     
Balance at close of period  $5,618,508   $5,618,508   $5,618,508   $5,618,508 

 

At the time the Local Partnerships were acquired by Independence Tax Credit Plus II Limited Partnership, the entire purchase price paid by Independence Tax Credit Plus II Limited Partnership was pushed down to the Local Partnerships as property and equipment with an offsetting credit to capital. Since the projects were in the construction phase at the time of acquisition, the capital accounts were insignificant at the time of purchase. Therefore, there are no material differences between the original cost basis for tax and GAAP.

 

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